Announcements

The District of Columbia Bar Association is offering a class titled The Fundamentals of European Union Law.
The course starts at 6:00 p.m. and ends at 9:15 p.m.on Wednesday, October 26, at the District of Columbia Bar Conference Center at 1101 K. Street, NW in Washington, DC.
Any practitioner with clients in Europe will benefit from this practical...

On Wednesday, November 2, Jones Day is offering a speaker series titled Out Front on IP Issues: Dealing with Patent Trolls and a Look at Patent Disputes in China.
The event begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Jones Day, 500 Grant Street in Pittsburgh.
Companies marketing their inventions frequently have to deal with...

The Pennsylvania Bar Institute is offering a seminar titled The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Why the FCPA Matters - Understanding the Law, Identifying the Risks and Making Your Client Compliant. It will be held on Wednesday, October 19, at the PBI CLE Conference Center located in the Wanamaker Building in Central Philadelphia, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and...

Join the Pennsylvania Bar Institute for a program featuring Corporate Compliance and Ethics. The forum is on Tuesday, October 25 at PBI's CLE Conference Center located in the Wanamaker Building in Central Philadelphia. The program starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 1:15 p.m.
To thrive in today's competitive environment, companies need not only to comply...

Join the American Conference Institute for a two-day in-depth examination of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The conference will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, November 8 and 9, at the Gaylord National Resort, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, Maryland and will run from 8:30 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. both days. There are also pre- and post-conference...

Join Georgetown Law for a timely program - E-Discovery Practice Support: Learning the Skills to Move Ahead. It is being held on Friday, November, 4, at the Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave, NW in Washington, DC.
The event begins at 8:45 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m.
At this program, participants will be given pertinent information...

On Tuesday, November 15, the District of Columbia Bar presents the annual Leventhal Lecture at the United States Court of Appeals, Harold T. Markey National Courts Building at 717 Madison Place, NW in Washington, DC. The lecture begins at noon end ends at 2:00 p.m.
Judge Thomas B. Griffith will deliver the lecture titled Congress in the DC Circuit. The...

The District of Columbia Bar will review the latest developments in International Securities Regulation, How We Got Here, Where We're Going, in a luncheon program on Tuesday, November 15. It begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 1:30 p.m. at the DC Bar Conference Center located at 1101 K. Street, NW in Washington, DC.
The seminar features Edward F....

On Thursday and Friday, November 17 and 18, Georgetown University School of Law offers Advanced E-Discovery Institute - Making the Case: Developing Legally Defensible E-Discovery Best Practices.
The Institute is located at the Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 South Hayes Street in Arlington, Virginia. It begins at 8:15 a.m. on day one and ends at 5:30...

Save the dates Monday to Friday, November 7 through 11, for the Annual Academy of WTO Law and Policy. The week-long academy will be held at Georgetown Law School, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.
The agenda is as follows: Monday 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., Tuesday 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday 8:30...

The International Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual International Arbitration in Latin America Conference Sunday, November 6 through Tuesday, November 8 at the Ritz-Carlton in South Beach, Miami.
Day one begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m. Day two begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 p.m., and day three begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00...

On Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28, the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) presents a two-day Advanced Corporate Counsel Forum 2011.
The seminar is at French Lick Springs Resort and Casino, 8670 W. State Road 56 in French Lick, Indiana.
The agenda is day one, 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., and day two, 8:00 until 11:45 a.m....

The Illinois State Bar Association is offering a full-day conference looking at Hot Topics in Consumer Collections. The event is on Monday, October 17 at the ISBA Regional Office at 20 Clark Street in Chicago. It begins at 8:55 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m.
Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the consumer collections arena...

The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel has planned a VIP Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Day: Small Business Counseling Clinic. The event is on Tuesday, October 25, at the offices of Morgan Lewis and Bockius, LLP. It will begin at 4:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m.
The evening is a pro bono effort to assist micro-entrepreneurs in the...

On Friday, October 14, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics will host a regional Compliance and Ethics Conference. This year's event will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. at the Omni Hotel at the CNN Center, 100 CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Attendees will learn about current regulatory requirements, government enforcement...

The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today the FBI Corporate Compliance Officer Outreach Event, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 and 26, at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, DC. This unique event for compliance and ethics professionals is limited to 50...

On Thursday, November 17, the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section will offer a full-day seminar on Antitrust Developments. The day begins at 8:15 a.m. and ends at 5:15 p.m. at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW in Washington, DC. The forum will feature keynote addresses from the leadership of both the U.S. Department of Justice and the...

On Friday, October 28, the DC Bar will offer Essential Security, State of Necessity and Investment Arbitration: Have Law and Treaty Developed? The program begins at noon and ends at 2:00 p.m., and is located at the offices of Arnold & Porter, 555 12th Street, NW in Washington, DC.
Professor José Alvarez, professor of international law at New York...

The ACC South Central Texas chapter and the San Antonio Bar Association have scheduled the 14th annual Ethics Follies on Wednesday, October 26, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. and on Thursday, October 27, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
It will be held at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, 226 North Saint Mary's Street in San Antonio. Sponsorships are still being...

The Houston Bar Association has scheduled its fall and winter series of CLE seminars. November's offerings include Wrongful Foreclosures on Friday, November 4; Can the Undocumented Worker's Alien Status be Introduced at Trial on Friday, November 11; and Immigration Hot Topic Updates on Thursday, November 17.
Each segment offers CLE and ethics credits...

On Wednesday, October 12, The University of Texas School of Law will offer the Fundamentals of Insurance in Houston. The course will be repeated on Wednesday, November 2, in Austin.
The course will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:05 p.m. at the Hotel ZaZa in Houston and at the AT&T Conference Center - Hotel at UT in Austin.
Among the topics...

On Tuesday, October 11, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP will join ACC Houston to present Corporate Counsel in the Crosshairs.
It will run from 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Maggianos Little Italy, 2019 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston.
At this chapter meeting, Gardere partner Tom Hagemann will lead a discussion of a case involving Lauren Stevens, associate general...

On Thursday and Friday, October 20 and 21, the State Bar of Texas will offer its annual Entertainment Law Institute.
It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and from 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 208 Barton Springs Road in Austin.
Among the topics under discussion are ethics - professional liability insurance...

On Thursday, October 13, the ACC Nevada chapter will team up with Jackson Lewis to offer a Labor & Employment Law Symposium.
It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The Stirling Club, 2827 Paradise Road in Las Vegas.
This event, designed for in-house corporate counsel and human resources professionals, offers CLE credits, breakfast and lunch...

Effective Internal Investigations for Compliance Professionals will be presented by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) on Thursday and Friday, November 10 and 11.
It will run from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf, 2500 Mason Street in San Francisco....